So it has been a while since I've updated the old blog, I figured now was as good a time as any.

I know a considerable amount of time has passed since the Senate Finance Committee decided to crush the Obama administration's Public Health Care Bill, but it is important to keep in mind that the Public Option is not dead. We, the supposed engaged and educated citizenry, must continue to speak out, must continue to fight, must never back down from what we know is right. And having a Public Option available is absolutely, unequivocally what is right. It should not matter what end of the political spectrum you are on, especially since Obama has announced that Government health care would not be sponsored by tax payer dollars, but by a premium payed by customers in the same that private insurance companies operate. What should matter however, is that passing legislation that allows for the formation of a Public Option is the right thing to do for millions of Americans who cannot afford to even have basic health insurance, and millions upon millions more who are forced to choose between feeding their families and caring for their sick loved ones. Why should only those who can afford to pay the outrageous costs associated with keeping private health insurance as an option have access to quality health care? Is there not something fundamentally un-American about such a system? A system that retards and distorts rights established by our Constitution, the freedom to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness? In fact, being forced to purchase health care from privately owned, profit driven companies infringes upon all three of those rights. Life, liberty, and happiness (originally property), are all restricted heavily when every available penny is sunk into over priced health care.
As for supposed "death panels," a myth that for some reason persists despite there being no mention of anything like that in the actual text of the bill, our current health care system is already one big death panel, and anyone who disagrees with that statement has either not looked at how health insurance companies operate, or is living in forced ignorance. Private health insurers cherry-pick the healthiest customers so that they do not have to spend money on the treatments required for people who are actually ill and need expensive medical care. Most companies also deny policies to individuals who have "pre-existing conditions." Does this not smack heavily of "death panel?"Private insurers are actively denying coverage to those who need it, in effect, killing them.
I know everyone's tired of hearing people bitch and moan about Health Care, but it is necessary to hammer it into your skulls. Write your representatives. We want fair, affordable, and quality health care coverage for every single American. No exceptions.